GORILLA ARTISTS

Buff Monster

Buff Monster makes paintings about pink things. The brightly colored landscapes of nipples, mounds, clouds are finely painted on found metal. Ice cream, heavy metal, porn, Los Angeles and graffiti are the main inspirations for his work. The paintings are fun and ridiculous though clearly created with intention and care to detail. Pink as a color and an idea is key to the work, and his phrase "Pink is Power" makes that clear. More at: buffmonster.com

coallus

coallus is mikie banks, an artist from from pensacola florida. (tattoos, tattoo flash, oils, clothing, stencils, pencils and street art. coallus is slowly but surely taking over for your viewing pleasure. hope you enjoy. more at: coallus.com

Eyeformation

Lowell, Massachussetts based artist Eyeformation created the "Did you know?" poster series which appeared to be a city funded project.

His work has appeared in Elemental, XXL, and on displays for Sony Music. More at: eyeformation.net

olive47

olive47 is a girl who makes art and stuff. miss 47 hails from the west coast, u.s.a. she likes small non-threatening mammals, magenta, mr. ramen, painting walls, cute boys, bhangra music, pancake parties, and white middle-class kids who pretend to be gangstas. she does not like olives, banana flavour, or emo/poser anything. she was once rumoured to be the bastard daughter of tammy faye bakker, and her friends tell her she's a good dancer. she might be in love with you. more at: olive47.com

Chris of Robots Will Kill

Robots Will Kill is an arts site dedicated to community and exposure for artists/media often disregarded by the mainstream art world. Set in motion in 2001, RWK is the brain-child of Chris Chillemi. Rather than featuring his own work exclusively, he opened it up to allow the possibility for it to become whatever it evolved into being. At the time that this is being written, the site is showing work of over 3500 artists from around the world. more at: robotswillkill.com

SEEN

Seen is one of the most famous pioneering graffiti artists. He started to paint at 11 on New York's subway in 1973. After the mid-1980s, Seen became known mostly as a tattoo artist, though he has somewhat retired from this profession. His trans-continental crew "United Artists" (or simply UA) has gained great reputation around the world. Considered the godfather of graffiti by many of today's graffiti artists.He is now concentrating on three dimensional sculpture and a series of vinyl collectible figures. Seen often collaborated with other street artists of his time including P Jay, Mitch, and his brother Mad. He appears in many graffiti movies and books, most significantly in Style Wars and Subway Art. More at: seenworld.com

Shepard Fairey

In 1989 Shepard Fairey created the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign, later to become simply OBEY GIANT which is in Fairey's words, an "experiment in phenomenology." The experiment both employs and simultaneously mocks propaganda-style techniques used by mass media to sell products and influence thinking.

His book, "Supply and Demand. The Art of Shepard Fairey" was released in July 2006. More at: obeygiant.com

Withremote

Inspired by rock art, graffiti, and stencil art, Nate Nolting's painting combine design and media in unexpected ways. Through his work Nolting employs the philosophy of phenomenology, in which the viewer draws the meaning of the work from their past experiences and view of the world around them. Nolting appropriates the rawness and honesty of American pop-culture and Street Art, blending it with a certain complexity of form and design. More at: withremote.com